New York daily tribune no. 3181

The Beaver Island Arrests.
From the Detroit Advertiser, 24th.
The U. S. iron steamer Michigan ar-rived at Detroit on Sunday afternoon, bringing U.S. Deputy Marshals Beardsley, W. H. Coyle, William A. Boyt and Kin. S. Dygert, having in charge as prison-ers, Rice, Miller, Post, Brown, Wm. Townsend, Asa B. Field, Seymore Page and Finley Page, who are under indictment with Strang for making and pass-ing counterfeit coin of the United States, and ob-structing U. S. Mails, and for stripping Government 1 land of timber. The steamer also brought down, at the expense of the Government, thirteen witnesses for the prisoners, who are claimed by them to be ma-terial to their defense.
A main purpose, on the part of the Government, in ordering the steamer to make the last trip to Beaver Island, was to enable Strang to examine in person, and by counsel, the witnesses claimed by him to be material to his defense; the depositions of forty of whom were taken at this time, before U. S. Com-missioner, William D. Wilkins, in presence of Strang, under the charge of Hon. Geo. C. Bates, U. S. Dist. Atty., on the part of the Government, and A. T. McReynolds, Esq., on the part of the prisoner; full minutes of which were taken by Commissioner Wilkins, and by W. H. Coyle, Esq., for the use of the Dist. Atty. From the outset of this investigation, the demand for which, on the part of the Govern-ment, was rendered imperious by public sentiment, the utmost lenity has been extended to the prisoners, consistent with the preservation of the rights of pub-lic justice.
The President of the U. States has used the ut-most moderation consistent with an efficient inves-tigation of the reiterated complaints of citizens of Beaver Island, and the same course has been ad-vised by the Attorney General. His Honor, Judge Wilkins has uniformly extended every clemency toward Strang and his followers, in which course he has been seconded by Mr. Bates, who has used the power and influence of his offi-cial position, upon the side of lenity. The dis-patch of the steamer to Beaver Island, the pro-ceeding by which the testimony of Strang was taken, was affected by an order of Court made with the consent of the District Attorney, and the whole expense devolves upon the Government. The pretense of persecution which has been set up by Strang, and indorsed by the demagogues who seek to make capital from it, is therefore shallow and false. The parties now arrested for the first time have been at large during several weeks in which in-dictments have been hanging over them, and might still be at large, had not many of them made their escape, effectually falsifying their boasted claim as martyrs to religious persecution. The parties arrest-ed are, or claim to be, important and influential men in the Morman organization, holding various offices therein, such as Apostles, High-Priests and Elders. On the examination of the witnesses, it was sworn to by Strang's witnesses that he is a Prophet, gifted by a divine inspiration and clothed with miraculous powers, among which is the gift of Prophecy. One of the witnesses who calls himself a High Priest, being under examination upon oath, in answer to Strang's interrogatories, swore before the Commis-sioner that "he knew Strang to be a Prophet of the Earth, gifted by divine inspiration, with miraculous powers, and endowed with divine grace;" that he; (witness) as High Priest had taken the covenant from St. James, (Strang) by laying hands on the cross, and by signing it. And at this point the witness identified the "Covenant" referred to by him to be the blasphemous document, heretofore published by us, in the testimony of Adams. This witness went on to say:
"I believe Strang to be a Prophet, whose inspira-tion comes from God, like that of Isaiah, and the other prophets of old, and that he can foretell things of the future, and that when inspired, he can speak from, and translate unknown tongues;" the witness added—"He reveals himself sometimes in the pre-sence of others. I have witnessed communications of inspiration between God and others, and would re-gard such communications as law!" The Commis-sioner, District Attorney, and others, were employed two sessions, in one of which they occupied 19 hours, almost without intermission, and in the other about, 13 in the examination of Strang's witnesses, during which time every possible obstruction and hindrance, to the dispatch of business was interposed by, Strang's friends.
Notwithstanding the lenity extended to these men, from the outset, Greig, who styles himself Bishop pro-tem., in absence of Strang, has had the hardihood to; address a letter to C. H Knox, U. S. Marshal, or to one of his Deputies, in which he sets up the pretense that they have been driven to starvation and ruin by the persecution of Government. From the mouths of all who visited the Island, we have full and par-ticular confirmation of the murder of Bennett, in all its unprovoked cruelty, as well as of the fiendish scene which followed, called the "Coroner's Jury," in which the heart of the murdered man was torn out by McCullock, and twirled in derision upon his finger—and McLeod, Prosecuting Attorney!! and a member of the Jury washed his hands in the heart's blood!—When the Michigan left Mackinaw, McLeod was ly-ing at the point of death, and scarcely expected to survive an hour.

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The Beaver Island Arrests.
From the Detroit Advertiser, 24th.
The U. S. iron steamer Michigan ar-rived at Detroit on Sunday afternoon, bringing U.S. Deputy Marshals Beardsley, W. H. Coyle, William A. Boyt and Kin. S. Dygert, having in charge as prison-ers, Rice, Miller, Post, Brown, Wm. Townsend, Asa B. Field, Seymore Page and Finley Page, who are under indictment with Strang for making and pass-ing counterfeit coin of the United States, and ob-structing U. S. Mails, and for stripping Government 1 land of timber. The steamer also brought down, at the expense of the Government, thirteen witnesses for the prisoners, who are claimed by them to be ma-terial to their defense.
A main purpose, on the part of the Government, in ordering the steamer to make the last trip to Beaver Island, was to enable Strang to examine in person, and by counsel, the witnesses claimed by him to be material to his defense; the depositions of forty of whom were taken at this time, before U. S. Com-missioner, William D. Wilkins, in presence of Strang, under the charge of Hon. Geo. C. Bates, U. S. Dist. Atty., on the part of the Government, and A. T. McReynolds, Esq., on the part of the prisoner; full minutes of which were taken by Commissioner Wilkins, and by W. H. Coyle, Esq., for the use of the Dist. Atty. From the outset of this investigation, the demand for which, on the part of the Govern-ment, was rendered imperious by public sentiment, the utmost lenity has been extended to the prisoners, consistent with the preservation of the rights of pub-lic justice.
The President of the U. States has used the ut-most moderation consistent with an efficient inves-tigation of the reiterated complaints of citizens of Beaver Island, and the same course has been ad-vised by the Attorney General. His Honor, Judge Wilkins has uniformly extended every clemency toward Strang and his followers, in which course he has been seconded by Mr. Bates, who has used the power and influence of his offi-cial position, upon the side of lenity. The dis-patch of the steamer to Beaver Island, the pro-ceeding by which the testimony of Strang was taken, was affected by an order of Court made with the consent of the District Attorney, and the whole expense devolves upon the Government. The pretense of persecution which has been set up by Strang, and indorsed by the demagogues who seek to make capital from it, is therefore shallow and false. The parties now arrested for the first time have been at large during several weeks in which in-dictments have been hanging over them, and might still be at large, had not many of them made their escape, effectually falsifying their boasted claim as martyrs to religious persecution. The parties arrest-ed are, or claim to be, important and influential men in the Morman organization, holding various offices therein, such as Apostles, High-Priests and Elders. On the examination of the witnesses, it was sworn to by Strang's witnesses that he is a Prophet, gifted by a divine inspiration and clothed with miraculous powers, among which is the gift of Prophecy. One of the witnesses who calls himself a High Priest, being under examination upon oath, in answer to Strang's interrogatories, swore before the Commis-sioner that "he knew Strang to be a Prophet of the Earth, gifted by divine inspiration, with miraculous powers, and endowed with divine grace;" that he; (witness) as High Priest had taken the covenant from St. James, (Strang) by laying hands on the cross, and by signing it. And at this point the witness identified the "Covenant" referred to by him to be the blasphemous document, heretofore published by us, in the testimony of Adams. This witness went on to say:
"I believe Strang to be a Prophet, whose inspira-tion comes from God, like that of Isaiah, and the other prophets of old, and that he can foretell things of the future, and that when inspired, he can speak from, and translate unknown tongues;" the witness added—"He reveals himself sometimes in the pre-sence of others. I have witnessed communications of inspiration between God and others, and would re-gard such communications as law!" The Commis-sioner, District Attorney, and others, were employed two sessions, in one of which they occupied 19 hours, almost without intermission, and in the other about, 13 in the examination of Strang's witnesses, during which time every possible obstruction and hindrance, to the dispatch of business was interposed by, Strang's friends.
Notwithstanding the lenity extended to these men, from the outset, Greig, who styles himself Bishop pro-tem., in absence of Strang, has had the hardihood to; address a letter to C. H Knox, U. S. Marshal, or to one of his Deputies, in which he sets up the pretense that they have been driven to starvation and ruin by the persecution of Government. From the mouths of all who visited the Island, we have full and par-ticular confirmation of the murder of Bennett, in all its unprovoked cruelty, as well as of the fiendish scene which followed, called the "Coroner's Jury," in which the heart of the murdered man was torn out by McCullock, and twirled in derision upon his finger—and McLeod, Prosecuting Attorney!! and a member of the Jury washed his hands in the heart's blood!—When the Michigan left Mackinaw, McLeod was ly-ing at the point of death, and scarcely expected to survive an hour.